Proverbs 31 Woman

While staying a few days in a Haitian household, I was reminded of the woman praised in Proverbs 31. The woman in this picture was up before dawn, chopping wood (which woke me up!), mixing dough, and setting up her little stand outside her house on the street to sell little spice cakes.

Even though she was not my hostess, when she saw I needed some water to wash my hands, she went and got some for me.

All the while she was working, she was singing hymns.

Her house doesn't have indoor plumbing or a refrigerator, but she has the joy of the Lord, and her hands are not idle!